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| author | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-04-10 00:21:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-04-10 00:21:08 +0200 |
| commit | 36ee2f752aa6298afccd11092ab6e697d5236a7a (patch) | |
| tree | c11310f35d71b8e9bf5f7237323d1dc392541037 | |
| parent | df184761d21d7b86b5ca74cfbf8099f2785bac75 (diff) | |
licenses: Link to the LICENSES/ dir in the cgit
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | licenses.html | 238 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | missing_pages.html | 2 |
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 239 deletions
diff --git a/licenses.html b/licenses.html deleted file mode 100644 index 2d8de51..0000000 --- a/licenses.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,238 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" - "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> -<html> -<head> -<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> -<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="style.css" title="style"> -<title> -Licenses for manual pages -</title> -</head> - -<body> - -<!--BEGIN-LINKS--> -<form method="get" action="https://www.google.com/search"> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="100%"> -<tr> -<td align="left"> -<font size="-1"> - -Linux <em>man-pages</em>: -<a href="./index.html">home</a> | -<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tree/CONTRIBUTING">contributing</a> | -<a href="./reporting_bugs.html">bugs</a> | -<a href="./patches.html">patches</a> | -<a href="./download.html">download</a> - || -<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git">git</a> | -<a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html">online pages</a></font> -</td> -<td align="right"> -<input type="text" name="q" size=10 maxlength=255 value=""> -<input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="man7.org/linux/man-pages"> -<input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search online pages"> -</td> -</tr> -</table> -</form> -<!--END-LINKS--> - - -<h1>Licenses for <em>man-pages</em></h1> - -<p> - All submissions to <em>man-pages</em> must be licensed using a - license that permits the page to be freely redistributed and modified. - Include that license or a reference to it, - in the source code of the man page. -</p> - -<p> - There are many such licenses, but in the interests of minimizing - the number of licenses in <em>man-pages</em>, - it is preferred that you use one of the following: -</p> - -<ul> - <li> - <a href="#verbatim">The "verbatim" license</a> - (personal preference of the current maintainer, and seems also to have - been the preference of the previous maintainer as well; - also the most widely used license currently used in <em>man-pages</em>.) - <br> - <br> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#gpl">The GNU General Public License (GPL)</a> - <br> - <br> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="#gpl">The BSD License</a> - </li> -</ul> - -<p> - <em>man-pages</em> does not include pages under the - <a href="https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)</a>. - This is a purely pragmatic decision, made because the - <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001">GFDL is problematic for Debian</a>, - one of the most widely used distributions. -</p> - -<hr> -<a name="verbatim"></a> -<H2>The "Verbatim" License</H2> - -<p> - To use this license, just include the following at the top - of the page source, and substitute the appropriate pieces: -</p> - -<!-- -Andries Brouwer believes this license was written by Rik Faith, -back in man-pages-1.4 or so. See -https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20200916100649.GA476613@if/ -From: "Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> -Subject: Re: [RFC v4] system_data_types.7: Document sigval, ssize_t, suseconds_t, time_t, timer_t, timespec & timeval - ---> - -<pre class="shell"> -<strong> -.\" Copyright (c) <em><year></em>, <em><copyright holder></em> -.\" -.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM) -.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this -.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are -.\" preserved on all copies. -.\" -.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of -.\" this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that -.\" the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of -.\" a permission notice identical to this one. -.\" -.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this -.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume. -.\" no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting. -.\" from the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may. -.\" not have taken the same level of care in the production of this. -.\" manual, which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working. -.\" professionally. -.\" -.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by -.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. -.\" %%%LICENSE_END -</strong> -</pre> - -<hr> - -<a name="gpl"></a> -<h2>The GNU General Public License (GPL)</h2> - -<p> - You can license under the GPL - by including the following text at the top - of the page source, and substituting the appropriate pieces. - Licensing under GPLv2 is preferred, because so far only v2 of - the GPL is used in any man pages, and we'd prefer to avoid - further license proliferation. -</p> - -<pre class="shell"> -<strong> -.\" Copyright (c) <em><year></em>, <em><copyright holder></em> -.\" -.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL) -.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or -.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as -.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version <em>2</em> of -.\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. -.\" -.\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" -.\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any -.\" document formatting or typesetting system, including -.\" intermediate and printed output. -.\" -.\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, -.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the -.\" GNU General Public License for more details. -.\" -.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public -.\" License along with this manual; if not, see -.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. -.\" %%%LICENSE_END -</strong> -</pre> - -<hr> -<a name="bsd"></a> -<H2>BSD</H2> - -<p> - To use this license, just include the following at the top - of the page source, and substitute the appropriate pieces: -</p> - -<pre class="shell"> -<strong> -.\" Copyright (c) <em><year></em>, <em><copyright holder></em> -.\" All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" %%%LICENSE_START(BSD_3_CLAUSE) -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in -.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the -.\" distribution. -.\" * Neither the name of the <em><organization></em> -.\" nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or -.\" promote products derived from this software without specific prior -.\" written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY <em><copyright-holder></em> -.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT -.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS -.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. -.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE <em><copyright-holder></em> -.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, -.\" OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT -.\" OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; -.\" OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF -.\" LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING -.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS -.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" %%%LICENSE_END -</strong> -</pre> -<!--BEGIN-STATCOUNTER--> -<!-- SITETRACKING.linux_man-pages --> -<!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> -<script type="text/javascript"> -var sc_project=5618989; -var sc_invisible=1; -var sc_partition=60; -var sc_click_stat=1; -var sc_security="4f8507d7"; -</script> - -<script type="text/javascript" -src="https://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><div -class="statcounter"><a title="customisable counter" -href="https://www.statcounter.com/free_hit_counter.html" -target="_blank"><img class="statcounter" -src="https://c.statcounter.com/5618989/0/4f8507d7/1/" alt="customisable -counter" ></a></div></noscript> -<!-- End of StatCounter Code --> -<!--END-STATCOUNTER--> -</body> -</html> diff --git a/missing_pages.html b/missing_pages.html index 8b62027..f65b13a 100644 --- a/missing_pages.html +++ b/missing_pages.html @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Linux <em>man-pages</em>: Include that license or a reference to it, in the source code of the man page. For a list of preferred free licenses, look - <a href="licenses.html">here</a>. + <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tree/LICENSES/">here</a>. <br> <br> </li> |